OpenAI to launch frontier-level open-source model; Sam Altman calls it better than China’s DeepSeek

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has confirmed that the company is preparing to release a cutting-edge open-source model, claiming it will outperform all existing models in the space — a move seen as a direct response to the rise of competitors like China’s DeepSeek.

“We were late to act on this, but we’re going to do it really well now,” Altman said, adding that OpenAI hosted its first community session just last night to define the parameters of its open-source initiative. “It’s going to be something near the frontier — better than any current…